What Is Courage Quotes

A decent boldness ever meets with friends.

I've attempted to flood the path with light where I could, and where I could not I've wanted at least to hold up a candle so that others coming this way might not stumble too painfully.

If you want to make a difference, the next time you see someone being cruel to another human being, take it personally. Take it personally because it is personal!

He who knows how to suffer everything can dare everything.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.

Expect trouble as an inevitable part of life, and when it comes, hold your head high, look it quarely in the eye and say, 'I will be bigger than you. You cannot defeat me.

From a purely physical standpoint she didn't have a chance, but her attitude was that death was better than capitulation.

In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of 'Who do you think you are?'

It takes courage to lead a life. Any life.

Her courage was a guise. She wondered if courage always was, or if there were those who truly felt no fear.

Fate gave to man the courage of endurance.

True fortitude is seen in great exploits That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides; And all else is tow'ring phrenzy and distraction.

Courage is the capacity to conduct oneself with restraint in times of prosperity and with courage and tenacity when things do not go well.

The bravest of individuals is the one who obeys his or her conscience.

It is courage based on confidence, not daring, and it is confidence based on experience.

The uplift of a fearless heart will help us over barriers. No one ever overcomes difficulties by going at them in a hesitant, doubtful way.

Better than cowardice is killing and being killed in battle.

Fools through false shame, conceal their open wounds.

Dictators lead through fear; good coaches do not.

Life must be lived with courage, with climbing and risks, else there is no happiness, no hope, no true success, no future.

It hurts to care; the courage to care is the profoundest courage there is.

There is no act of love that is not an act of work or courage. No exceptions.

No matter how brilliant a man may be, he will never engender confidence in his subordinates and associates if he lacks simple honesty and moral courage.

Courage, determination, and hard work are all very nice, but not so nice as an oil well in the back yard.

I think people are afraid of either failing or succeeding. It takes courage to feel the fear and feel the risk.

I think laughter may be a form of courage.

It is easy enough to praise men for the courage of their conviction. I wish I could teach the sad young of this mealy generation the courage of their convictions.

I think, especially in this time in the world, there is very much a choice between fear and courage, and we all have to pick the courageous route.

But desperate people find courage.

It is the same in love as in war; a fortress that parleys is half taken.

It takes a lot of courage to choose to do nothing when you aren’t certain of the outcome.

Ah, that we lack the courage of our romantic convictions; and thereby miss the wine of life, forgoing the very thing that makes living worthwhile.

Men lie, who lack courage to tell truth--the cowards!

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

Generosity, pleasing address, courage and propriety of conduct are not acquired, but are inbred qualities.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.

Perhaps it takes courage to raise children.

It is courage that vanquishes in war, and not good weapons.

I know what's within me even if you can't see it yet...I have something more important than courage, I have patience. I will become what I know I am.

Face your reality. You, black or white, are not innocent anymore. Either you have the courage to face it or you will go down together with the whole idea of the American Dream.

The only force that can sustain true and consistent courage is some form of spiritual belief that values like honor, duty, loyalty and integrity above the status, power, money and even security.

I believe that it is as much a right and duty for women to do something with their lives as for men and we are not going to be satisfied with such frivolous parts as you give us.

Courage does not consist in calculation, but in fighting against chances.

Fear is essential for courage.

This car of mine, I am tickled to death with it. The machine is nearly everything, its power, stability and balance. The driver, allowing for his experience and courage, is much less.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

There are calumnies against which even innocence loses courage.

When we have not the strength or the courage to grasp a new truth, we persuade ourselves that it is not a truth at all.